[stevensj2]

I got Temple Fork rod, reel, and some flies last summer, but have yet to use it or really learn how.

I've practiced casting in the yard, but have never set out to the river.

My grand father fly fished, and after he passed, I wanted to learn how. Hopefully I can get more time to really get into it!

[SwedeSteve]

You just gotta go for it !!

[LiveToShoot]

Does anybody fly fish?

Not nearly as much as I'd like to.

Two Christmas' ago my wife and I gave each other fly fishing gear, and we have yet to really get out and use it the way we want and should...living near five river ways and several ponds.

...and, I guess that recognition of the problem is the first step to change.

Good evening, my name is LTS and I am a fly fishing aholic...

[Jack Dundin]

Haven't done much this year, hopping to go next week on the upper Skagit if the snow melt isn't to bad. Or I will go near the mouth for sea run cuts if I can get through all the Indian nets.

[troy2000]

I was doing a job in South Florida years ago, and trying to stay out of trouble until the wife joined me. Since I'm no good at resisting temptation, I worked hard at avoiding it instead...

The guy whose job I was supervising didn't want us working on weekends. So after quitting time on Friday, I'd flip a coin and decide whether I was heading into the Everglades or up to Lake Okeechobee. One way or another, by the time the action started in Ft. Lauderdale, I wouldn't be there. I'd be on a bank or in a boat in the middle of nowhere, with a beer in one hand and a rod in the other, staying out of trouble.

When I went to the Everglades, I'd get up in the morning and start bass fishing. When that petered out and I got bored, I'd spend the afternoon with a cheap Kmart fly fishing setup, fishing for gar.

Yep, gar. Those things were crazy for little spiders with a cork body and rubber band legs. But they'd hit pretty much anything on the surface, if you dropped it gently and started twitching it. I had a blast.

[SwedeSteve]

I have a nice little spot on a beaver pond right here in town, where I can sight-fish for bow's and dollies. We've been having lots of rain, so everything is pretty stained up. So I've been floating terrestrials with great success. I see Moose, Beaver (if i'm quiet), Ducks, Geese, Bald Eagles, and the ocassional Boo Boo !!

[Blacktail]

Beaker...what kind of fish is that? Looks like the mixture of a Steelhead and a Cod! Cool looking...

And for those of you saying fly fishing is good for small fish, but not big fish, you should look into fly fishing a bit more. People fish for Marlin with fly rods. In Washington, we use 7wt-10wt rods for Steelhead Trout up to 30lbs & Salmon over 50lbs. A guy caught a 71 1/2 pound King Salmon with a 7wt on the Rogue River several years back. On the Skagit River we use 14' two-handed 9-10wt rods to cast 6" long lead-headed rabbit-fur "leech" flies up to 140' using a Spey cast (fancy roll cast)

Don't let big fish keep you from fly fishing. Give it a try, it isn't much work at all and is much more rewarding!

[Helicool]

I caught the bug just a few years back, after decades or spincasting... Now I look back on all those streams... fly fishing will be a part of me until I can't tie on the flies anymore.

[jake400ex712]

no but i sure would like to learn

[skiking]

I love flyfishing. This last august I spent nearly every day on the Gallatin in Bozeman, MT and caught 20-40 fish per day. It is my river, well, that and the Middle Fork of the Flathead in NW MT. I usually spend 30 days a year on the river.

[Snowshoe]

Absolutely love it. Tried nearly every kind of rod, glass, graphite, bamboo, split willow and even steel. Yep, steel. Sorta like fishing with a long car radio antenna. Down to two bamboo...a light 3-4 for stream trout and a 5-6 for steelhead and bass...and one 9wt. graphite that I take back to a certain small river in Northern NY and use for Muskies. Learned about the muskies while fishing for largemouth bass on said river. Seems they really like the mice and frog flies I was pitching. Problem was the line on my 5-6 wouldn't handle them (or the rod for that matter). But a 30-40 pound muskie on a 9wt. is a workout. Sometimes I win, sometimes the fish win. Either way it's just pure fun.

[Beaker]

Quote:       Originally Posted by Blacktail

Beaker...what kind of fish is that? Looks like the mixture of a Steelhead and a Cod! Cool looking... And for those of you saying fly fishing is good for small fish, but not big fish, you should look into fly fishing a bit more. People fish for Marlin with fly rods. In Washington, we use 7wt-10wt rods for Steelhead Trout up to 30lbs & Salmon over 50lbs. A guy caught a 71 1/2 pound King Salmon with a 7wt on the Rogue River several years back. On the Skagit River we use 14' two-handed 9-10wt rods to cast 6" long lead-headed rabbit-fur "leech" flies up to 140' using a Spey cast (fancy roll cast) Don't let big fish keep you from fly fishing. Give it a try, it isn't much work at all and is much more rewarding!

Hi Blacktail only just saw your question sorry its been a while. The fish is a Rainbow trout they came from californian steelhead stock of about 4 pounds which is pretty much average around here in that river they can get up to about 10 pounds and other rivers nearby up to the 20 pound mark. The river is the Waioeka river, to find it go to google Earth its in the North Island of New Zealand. look for Opotiki in the eastern bay of plenty the place I caught it is up river from Wairata where the river enters a bush wilderness area about 4 hours walk from the road end. That trip I went alone for 5 days and caught about 20 fish like that and shot a red deer.

[kregg]

Just started fly fishing last year. Not real good at it but I do enjoy it. Just fish for bass and pan fish right now but hope to get a chance to go rainbow trout fishing someday.

[ricey]

hi guys, it looks like i am not the only fly fisher in town,mt. strems,dont tie flys,its easer to buy,cheaper two.in some places!pa.mts. is great fly fishing. irish pitc.is great,love to fish that place.

[SwedeSteve]

It's nice to read these posts and see that there are others out there that experience the same joy as I. I am looking into the japanese style of flyfishing, where there is no reel !! Just the rod, line, and fly. Very interesting !!

[FortyXDM]

Quote:       Originally Posted by SwedeSteve

It's nice to read these posts and see that there are others out there that experience the same joy as I. I am looking into the japanese style of flyfishing, where there is no reel !! Just the rod, line, and fly. Very interesting !!

Swede - I think we call that CANE- POLIN in the south. Big ol' cane - some 40 lb braided and 1 lb of chickin guts. Snatch ol mr catfish plumb over yer head.